2024 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game

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2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game
6th SBC Championship Game
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DateDecember 7, 2024
Season 2024
Stadium Cajun Field
Location Lafayette, Louisiana
MVPQB Braylon Braxton (Marshall)
Favorite Louisiana by 6 [1]
Referee Trennis Livingston [2]
Attendance20,067
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Gridiron Radio
Announcers ESPN: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Sam Acho (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline reporter)
Gridiron Radio: Noah Britt (play-by-play), Jon Reynolds (analyst), and Faxon Childress (sideline reporter)
Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game
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2024 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Marshall xy$  7 1   10 3  
Georgia Southern  6 2   8 4  
James Madison  4 4   8 4  
Old Dominion  4 4   5 7  
Coastal Carolina  3 5   6 6  
Appalachian State  3 5   5 6  
Georgia State  1 7   3 9  
West Division
Louisiana xy  7 1   10 3  
Texas State  5 3   7 5  
Arkansas State  5 3   7 5  
South Alabama  5 3   6 6  
Louisiana–Monroe  3 5   5 7  
Troy  3 5   4 8  
Southern Miss  0 8   1 11  
Championship: Marshall 31, Louisiana 3
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
As of December 8, 2024

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game will be a college football game played on December 7, 2024 at Cajun Field on the campus of University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana to determine the champion of the Sun Belt Conference for the 2024 season. It will be the sixth edition of the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game. The game is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. CST (7:30 p.m. EST) on ESPN. The game will feature the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, the West Division champions, and the Marshall Thundering Herd, the East Division champions. Sponsored by Hercules Tires, the game will officially be named as the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship. [3]

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Teams

This will be the third all-time meeting between Louisiana and Marshall; Louisiana won their only prior meetings. [4]

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns

Louisiana enters the championship game as West Division champions, having compiled a 10–2 record, 7–1 record in Sun Belt play. Louisiana clinched a spot in the championship game following its victory against ULM on November 30. [5] This will mark Louisiana's fourth appearance in the championship game, their first since 2021.

Marshall Thundering Herd

Marshall enters the championship game as East Division champions, having compiled a 9–3 record, 7–1 record in Sun Belt play. Marshall clinched a spot in the championship game following its victory against James Madison on November 30. [6] This will mark Marshall's first appearance in the championship game since joining the conference ahead of the 2022 season.

Game summary

2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship
Marshall Thundering Herd (9–3, 7–1) vs. Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (10-2, 7–1)
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at Cajun FieldLafayette, LA

  • Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Temperature: 45 °F (7 °C) • Wind: W at 2 mph (3.2 km/h) • Weather: Mostly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 20,067
  • Referee: Trennis Livingston
  • TV announcers (ESPN): ESPN: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Sam Acho (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline reporter)
    Gridiron Radio: Noah Britt (play-by-play), Jon Reynolds (analyst), and Faxon Childress (sideline reporter)
Game information
First Quarter
  • (6:42) ULL – Kenneth Almendares 40 yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 2:05; Louisiana 3–0)
  • (4:04) MU – Tychaun Chapman 37 yard pass from Braylon Braxton, Rece Verhoff kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:38; Marshall 7–3)
Second Quarter
  • (7:54) MU – Rece Verhoff 32 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, 4:14; Marshall 10–3)
  • (2:47) MU – Ethan Payne 15 yard rush, Rece Verhoof kick (Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards, 3:04; Marshall 17–3)
Third Quarter
  • (7:43) MU – Bralon Brown 20 yard pass from Braylon Braxton, Rece Verhoff kick (Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 4:24; Marshall 24–3)
Fourth Quarter
  • (2:03) MU – Jordan Houston 9 yard rush, Rece Verhoff kick (Drive: 8 plays, 86 yards, 5:01; Marshall 31–3)
StatisticsMUULL
First downs2511
Plays–yards70–41060–255
Rushes–yards44–21728–56
Passing yards193199
Passing: compattint18–26–013–32–1
Time of possession33:5626:04
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
MarshallPassingBraylon Braxton18/26, 193 yards, 2 TD
RushingJordan Houston17 carries, 117 yards, TD
ReceivingTychaun Chapman8 receptions, 86 yards, TD
LouisianaPassingChandler Fields4/8, 104 yards
RushingZylan Perry6 carries, 25 yards
ReceivingLance LeGendre4 receptions, 81 yards

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